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It is still controversial whether environmental supervision, as a compulsory means of environmental protection, can improve the environmental accounting information disclosure quality (EAIDQ). There is a growing debate on if different ownership structures will lead to differences in the environmental accounting information disclosed by enterprises? Thus, through constructing multiple linear regression analysis, we empirically studied the impact of ownership structure and environment supervision on the EAIDQ from both internal and external aspects. The findings presented that (1) the overall EAIDQ is not significantly affected by ownership concentration, check-and-balance of ownership, and environmental supervision. (2) The monetary environmental accounting information disclosure quality (M-EAIDQ) is lower than the non-monetary environmental accounting information disclosure quality (NM-EAIDQ). The M-EAIDQ of state-owned enterprises is higher than that of non-state-owned enterprises. The correlation between environmental supervision and the M-EAIDQ is significantly negative, and a significant positive correlation between environmental supervision and the NM-EAIDQ. The research results of this paper can supplement the existing literature and provide a basis for the government to establish environmental accounting information disclosure standards.Diabetes mellitus is a severe condition in which the pancreas produces inadequate insulin or the insulin generated is ineffective for utilisation by the body; as a result, insulin therapy is required for control blood sugar levels in patients having type 1 diabetes and is widely recommended in advanced type 2 diabetes patients with uncontrolled diabetes despite dual oral therapy, while subcutaneous insulin administration using hypodermic injection or pump-mediated infusion is the traditional route of insulin delivery and causes discomfort, needle phobia, reduced adherence, and risk of infection. Therefore, transdermal insulin delivery has been extensively explored as an appealing alternative to subcutaneous approaches for diabetes management which not only is non-invasive and easy, but also avoids first-pass metabolism and prevents gastrointestinal degradation. selleck Microneedles have been commonly investigated in human subjects for transdermal insulin administration because they are minimally invasive and painless. The different types of microneedles developed for the transdermal delivery of anti-diabetic drugs are discussed in this review, including solid, dissolving, hydrogel, coated, and hollow microneedles. Numerous microneedle products have entered the market in recent years. But, before the microneedles can be effectively launched into the market, a significant amount of investigation is required to address the numerous challenges. In conclusion, the use of microneedles in the transdermal system is an area worth investigating because of its significant benefits over the oral route in the delivery of anti-diabetic medications and biosensing of blood sugar levels to assure improved clinical outcomes in diabetes management.Financial elements and R&D elements are significant drivers for enhancing regional innovation efficiency. This paper measures financial elements by financial development scale and the marketization level of the financial industry and R&D elements by the inputs and flow of R&D personnel and R&D capital and specifically considers R&D element flow to quantify the consequential spatial spillover effects. Based on provincial panel data from 2008 to 2018, the paper firstly estimates the regional innovation efficiency of China's 30 provincial-level administrative regions using super-efficiency DEA and then conducts an empirical analysis of the influence of financial elements and R&D elements on regional innovation efficiency by the use of the Tobit model and three spatial econometric models. It is found that, by and large, the financial development scale, the marketization level of the financial industry, the inputs of R&D personnel and R&D capital, and R&D capital flow all have significant effects on regional innovation efficiency. Nonetheless, by region, R&D personnel flow in central China can significantly boost regional innovation efficiency while fails in eastern and western China. From the spatial perspective, both financial elements and R&D elements have significant positive spatial spillover effects. Therefore, in order to bolster regional innovation efficiency, it is crucial to improve the allocation of financial elements and R&D elements and build a tight regional collaborative innovation network.Due to water scarcity, the use of wastewater to irrigate crops is on the rise all over the world, including in Egypt (particularly untreated wastewater). The purpose of this study is to see if irrigation with untreated industrial wastewater in natural fields can cause Abelmoschus esculentus Moench. (okra plant) to accumulate and translocate eight trace metals (lead Pb, cadmium Cd, chromium Cr, copper Cu, iron Fe, manganese Mn, nickel Ni, and zinc Zn) in its different tissues. It was extended to look at the effects of wastewater irrigation on the farmed okra plants' growth characteristics, nutrients, colors, and organic content. Two studied sites at South of Cairo have been investigated the first site (29°42'31.17" N and 31°15'11.56" E) represented by five cultivated fields irrigated with Nile water (control) and the second site (29°42'37.87" N and 31°17'14.53" E) fields irrigated with effluent received untreated industrial wastewater. Three composite soil and irrigated water samples were collected from each site. Because of wastewater irrigation, soil and plant nutrients (nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus) decreased significantly (at P 1). Okra plants, on the other hand, did not have an accumulated trace metals strategy in their shoots since the translocation factor was less than one. Because of substantial trace metal accumulation in their edible sections, the scientists advised against eating okra plants grown in fields watered with untreated wastewater.This study analyzes the relationship between wind energy consumption, coal energy consumption, globalization, economic growth, and carbon emissions. Data from 37 countries for the period 2000-2019 are included in the analysis. To examine the long-term relationship between the variables, the AMG method, which considers the cross-section dependence and slope homogeneity, was used. According to the long-term coefficient estimates of the cointegrated variables, wind energy consumption has a statistically significant and negative effect on carbon emissions in the long run. For example, a 1% increase in wind energy consumption reduces carbon emissions by 0.018%. On the other hand, the variable of globalization has a statistically significant and positive effect on carbon emissions in the long run. A 1% increase in globalization increases carbon emissions by 0.107%. These findings show the importance of wind energy consumption in reducing carbon emissions.In this research, one-step synthesis of redox co-precipitation method (using sodium lauryl sulfate, KMnO4, and metal precursor) was well applicable in universally preparing low-dimensional Me-MnOx nanosheet catalysts with different metal doping (Me=Co, Ni, or Sn). NH3-SCR activity was explored to the relationship with structure morphology and physio-chemical properties via the characterization techniques of SEM, XRD, XPS, H2-TPR, and NH3-TPD. It was found that Ni-MnOx has a relatively poor activity at low-down temperature but was improved as the reaction temperature rising. Co-MnOx presented a relatively stable catalytic activity of which the NOx conversion rate can be maintained 80~90% in a wide temperature window of 100-250 °C with relatively better N2 selectivity. Compared with Co- or Ni-modified MnOx, Sn-MnOx catalyst has an excellent low-temperature catalytic activity (93% NOx conversion at 100 °C) that was maintained > 80% before 200 °C but with poor selectivity to N2. Due to its nanosheet-structured solid solution structure, Sn-MnOx promoted the interaction between MnOx and SnO2 with the increased contents of adsorbed oxygen and also the numbers of surface Lewis acid sites, which integrally promoted the NH3-SCR reaction at low temperature and also contributed to an acceptable resistances to water and sulfur. High content of adsorbed oxygen was beneficial to improve the catalytic activity at lower temperatures, while the electron cycle interaction of different metal valence ions will play a more important role with the increase of reaction temperature.Hearing loss has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence in cross-sectional studies. However, little is known about the prospective association between hearing loss and CVD incidence. We aimed to examine the associations of hearing loss with risk of incident CVD, coronary heart disease (CHD), and stroke in a Chinese population. We included 13,880 individuals aged 63.3 years from the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort study (2013-2018). Hearing loss was categorized into normal, mild, moderate, severe, or greater by the pure-tone average of thresholds at speech and high frequency in both ears. Cox proportional hazard models and linear regression models were used for multivariate longitudinal analyses. After multivariate adjustments, we observed suggestive dose-response associations of increased high-frequency hearing loss with elevated risk of CVD and stroke incidence. Compared with normal hearing loss at high frequency, those with moderate and severe or greater hearing loss had a 4% (95% CI 0.92, 1.18) or 13% (95% CI 0.98, 1.30) higher risk of CVD and 52% (95% CI 1.06, 2.17) or 51% (95% CI 1.03, 2.20) higher risk of stroke, while the associations were almost consistent across most subgroups. No significant associations were observed for CHD and high-frequency hearing loss, as well as CVD and speech-frequency hearing loss. In addition, higher high-frequency hearing loss was related to unfavorably altered lipid profiles and fasting glucose. Our data suggested that increased hearing loss might increase the risk of incident CVD and stroke among middle-aged and older Chinese, which was partially explained by altered CVD-related biomarkers.The reclamation of mine waste deposits is often hindered by the scarcity of natural topsoil. Acid mine drainage sludge (AMDS), as a mass-produced waste in metalliferous mines, is a potential topsoil substitute but had not been validated. In this study, a pot experiment with three plant species was conducted to evaluate the capacity of AMDS to support plant growth, buffer acidification, and immobilize heavy metal(loid)s when reclaiming mine waste rocks. Chemical fertilizer and compost chicken manure were applied to AMDS at different rates to explore their effects on plant growth and the physicochemical properties of AMDS. Results showed that all the plants could survive in AMDS even without fertilization. The contents of heavy metal(loid)s in rhizosphere remained almost unchanged over the experimental period, indicating low leachability of revegetated AMDS. Fertilizers enhanced macronutrients and soil enzyme activities, leading to significant increases in plant biomass. However, owing to manure composting and low richness and diversity of the bacterial community in AMDS, the NH4+-N and bioavailable phosphorus contents were extremely low.